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Richard Griffin, a former top lawyer with the International Union of Operating Engineers, was recess appointed to the National Labor Relations Board by President Obama in January 2012. Obama did so despite the fact that Senate was not in recess at the time.
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Senate set to vote on controversial NLRB nominee Richard Griffin

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Chris Finn, right, a 17-year BART train operator and union official, speaks at a workers' rally on Friday in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Striking San Francisco transit workers earn 75 percent above median wage

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Workers at a Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen plant say that management repeatedly told them they would have to join a union if they wanted to see plant production expanded. (AP File)
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Tennessee autoworkers allege union-management coercion

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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Big Labor commends Democrats for resisting ‘extortion’

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Lyndon Larouche's new ad makes arguments not terribly different from those of top Democratic stars like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (AP Photos/Charles Dharapak and Elise Amendola, File)
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Elizabeth Warren or Lyndon LaRouche? See if you can tell

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A poll of 24 Republican-held swing districts shows that a generic Democrat would beat a Republican incumbent in 17 of them -- the very number of seats Democrats would need to wrest from Republicans to take control of the House. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
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Chamber of Commerce makes debt ceiling ‘key vote,’ urges passage

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The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants. The justices said Tuesday they will review a unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the government's unprecedented regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Supreme Court to hear case on greenhouse gas regs

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe smiles during a forum at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 10. McAuliffe has led Republican competitor Ken Cuccinelli in polls since July. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Why Big Labor backs Terry McAuliffe

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Michigan Treasurer Andrew Dillon submitted his resignation Friday, citing media attention regarding his divorce. His resignation came the day after he gave a deposition in a case filed by unions and retired workers against Detroit's bankruptcy declaration. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan treasurer resigns one day after Detroit bankruptcy deposition

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, claimed that failing to raise the debt ceiling would not automatically lead to the U.S. defaulting on its obligations, but it would require the government to
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Mike Lee says failure to raise debt ceiling doesn’t have to cause default

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